Eurovision 2008: United Kingdom

Tuomo writes: After decades of being one of the few countries (with Ireland and Malta) to be allowed to sing entire songs in English, the language of international pop culture, the star of the United Kingdom has waned a lot since the mid 90s. The nadir must have been in 2003 when the UK joined the zero points club hosted by Finland and Norway! Oh well the only way is up, even for the United Kingdom who, as one of the Big Four, doesn’t have to lift a finger (i.e. qualify through semi-finals) to be in the finals. And by the way to be fair: the same applies to the other three Big Four…

In 2008, the United Kingdom introduces Andy Abraham and Even If:

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Positively the most ambitious, most professional ESC performance by the UK in years! Good job: I loved this!! But will it win? The UK will be performing second on Saturday, that cursed position that - to date - has failed to generate a winning song...